Vince Russo out as Head of Creative

If this story is true, and Lagana is in fact the new head of creative. This could be one of the best moves for TNA in a long time. Let Lagana do what he does best and they could very easily turn there sinking ship around.

Vince Russo is out as TNA head writer. This news broke today although it went down several days ago. We'll have more imminently in an audio update. David Lagana is reported to be taking his place.

Dave Lagana had formerly been working with TNA on the new Ring Ka King promotion in India. More on this developing story as it becomes available.

I watched the rise and fall of WCW the other week with my buddy. After seeing how he was during those times, why the fuck did TNA even hire him in the first place? He was obviously poison. Is their need for scraps really THAT bad?

What happened? Because I remember watching a few episodes of TNA circa 05,06 during Jeff Hardy's first stint. And the X-division was really the centerpiece of the tv-show and it was fast and brutal. Fast forward two years and they have fat guys in the x-division and the whole TNA is trying to be like the WWE. Why?

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Vince Russo is the main reason why 2-hour-long televised wrestling shows only have 45 minutes of actual wrestling on them.

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Smackdown, RAW and Impact is how bell-to-bell action averages from most to least. Smackdown is the only one that consistently gets over half an hour of wrestling time.
RAW and Impact are often in the 20s.

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No one trashes Vince Russo quite like Vince Russo. Jim Cornette is a close second.

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I have always loved the story of Lance Storm bitching at Russo for throwing up signs to "go home," that is finish a match, when he just got in the ring. Then Storm goes to confront him and he's like...
"You're not even giving me 2 goddamned minutes! You're cutting my balls off, man. How am I supposed to tell a story in the ring if I don't have any match time?"
And Russo just stares at him.
And Storm is like...
"You write and book for WCW. You are aware that you can tell a story in the ring through a match, right?"
Russo just stares some more.

This is pretty good, criticism of the MOST SHOCKING SWERVE EVER and Vinny Ru's insatiable need to "shock" the fans with plot twists and "swerves."

"Think of it this way: if Russo was managing the local Pizza Hut, you'd order a pizza and they'd deliver a newspaper. Sure, it was a surprise, but it didn't make much sense, nor did you want to order from them again. But it sure fooled you, didn't it?"
— R.D. Reynolds on Vince Russo's writing style, from the book Wrestle Crap

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I have always loved the story of Lance Storm bitching at Russo for throwing up signs to "go home," that is finish a match, when he just got in the ring. Then Storm goes to confront him and he's like...
"You're not even giving me 2 goddamned minutes! You're cutting my balls off, man. How am I supposed to tell a story in the ring if I don't have any match time?"
And Russo just stares at him.
And Storm is like...
"You write and book for WCW. You are aware that you can tell a story in the ring through a match, right?"
Russo just stares some more.

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I've never heard that before. He really told Lance to go home at the beginning of the match? (I don't know why I'm surprised by that.) That's embarrassing, even by Russo's standards.

Just to clear it up
Lagana is not in charge of creative - Pritchard & Bischoff are but Lagana is the top writer in that he scripts out TV
Russo hasn't been main guy for awhile & quit out of frustration
Dixie loved him for some reason & wouldn't ever fire him - Hogan & Bischoff asked when they first came in

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I don't know why he's frustrated. With all the face/heel turns, the lack of clean finishes, and the general lack of wrestling on Impact, you'd think he'd be happy with TNA product. Maybe there's still too much wrestling for his tastes. Or maybe Knockout segments just offended his delicate born-again Christian (Bullshit!) sensibilities.

I don't know why he's frustrated. With all the face/heel turns, the lack of clean finishes, and the general lack of wrestling on Impact, you'd think he'd be happy with TNA product. Maybe there's still too much wrestling for his tastes. Or maybe Knockout segments just offended his delicate born-again Christian (Bullshit!) sensibilities.

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Yep considering he was the main guy that wrote the 'whore/bitch" lines for the <cough> knockouts